Интерактивная викторина "Традиции и праздники Великобритании и США" для 5-9 классов

“ Traditions and Holidays of Great Britain and the USA”

By Berlet Irina

Yekaterinburg, 2017

Цель: Активизация материала по теме «Праздники США и Великобритании», закрепление лексических и грамматических навыков, поддержание интереса к изучению иностранного языка, развитие языковой догадки и логического мышления.

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Find the right date for every holiday:

1) January, 1

a) Easter

2) April – May

b) New Year

3) February, 14

c) Thanksgiving Day

4) December, 25

d) Boxing Day

5) November,26

e) Hallowe'en

6) October,31

f) Christmas

7) December, 26

g) St. Valentine's Day

1) January, 1

b) New Year

2) April – May

3) February, 14

a) Easter

4) December, 25

d) St. Valentine's Day

f) Christmas

5) November,26

6) October,31

c) Thanksgiving Day

e) Hallowe'en

7) December, 26

g) Boxing Day

Keys

Give the right translation for the words:

• a) roast turkey b) hot cross buns
• c) eggs d) pumpkin pie e) pudding
• f) lamb g) green vegetables
• h) celebrate, i) greeting card
• j) shamrock k) candy l) dress up

Keys:

• a) жареная индейка b) горячие сдобные булочки с корицей
• c) яйца d) тыквенный пирог
• e) пудинг
• f) баранина g) зелень
• h) праздновать i) поздравительная открытка
• j) трилистник k) леденец l) наряжать(ся)

Fill in the blanks with the words. Write them in the correct places:

Christmas is the most important (1)… of the year. In the weeks before Christmas people are (2)…. They make or (3) … Christmas cards and send them to their friends and (4) … . They also buy Christmas (5) … . They buy (6)…. Children (7) … the Christmas tree with toys and little lights. They put their (8)…near their beds. The traditional (9) … for this holiday are (10)… and green.

red, decorate, busy, Christmas tree, holiday, presents, relatives, stockings, colours, buy

Do the Quiz

Choose the right answer

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• People celebrate Remembrance Day on the….

a) 9 th of May b) 2 th of June c) 11 th of November

People celebrate Remembrance Day on the 11th of November.

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• People celebrate ... on the 31 of December.
• a) New Year's Day b) All Fools' Day c) Victory Day

People celebrate New Year's Day on the 1 of January.

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• They ... New Year tree on that holiday.
• a) dream b) decorate c) cut

They decorate New Year tree on that holiday.

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• ... is the most popular holiday in Great Britain.
• a) Easter b) Christmas c ) May Day

Christmas is the most popular holiday in Great Britain.

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• In Great Britain eight public holidays are called ...

a) home holidays b) office holidays c) bank holidays

In Great Britain eight public holidays are called bank holidays.

They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day,

Good Friday, Easter Monday,

May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday.

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• ... is a religious holiday.
• a) Easter b) Halloween c) May Day

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USA

Easter is a religious holiday.

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• ... ... is the holidays of lovers.
• a) May Day b) St. Valentine’s Day c) All Fools' Day

St. Valentine’s Day is the holidays of lovers.

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• ... ... ... is the holiday of spring.
• a) New Year's Day b) All Fools' Day c) May Day

May Day is the holiday of spring.

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• People usually play jokes on their friends on ...
• a) New Year's Day b) Christmas c) All Fools' Day

People usually play jokes on their friends

on All Fools' Day.

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• The ... is celebrated on the 8* of March.
• a) Women's Day b) May Day c) Christmas

The Women's Day is celebrated on the 8* of March.

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• ... is one of the most popular American holiday.
• a) Thanksgiving Day b) the Independence Day c) Columbus' Day

Thanksgiving Day is one of the most popular

American holiday.

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• In the USA the ... is celebrated on the 4* of July.
• a) Columbus' Day b) Thanksgiving Day c) Independence Day

In the USA the Independence Day

is celebrated on the 4* of July.

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• In the USA ... is celebrated on the last day of October.
• a) Memorial Day b) Halloween c) Martin Luther King's Day

In the USA Halloween is celebrated on the last day of October.

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• On Easter Sunday Easter Bunny brings children ….
• a) chocolate hearts b) chocolate eggs c) chocolate rabbits

On Easter Sunday Easter Bunny brings children chocolate eggs.

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• On … people cut eyes, noses and mouths on the pumpkins.
• a) Thanksgiving Day b) Halloween c) Columbus' Day

On Halloween people cut eyes, noses and mouths on the pumpkins.

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• On November 5 in Great Britain and all her former colonies they celebrate ….
• a) Thanksgiving Day b) Halloween c) Guy Fawke’s Night

Guy Fawkes

On November 5 in Great Britain and all her former colonies they celebrate Guy Fawke’s Night.

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